He looks a bit dumb, but he's the Overlord of Gwanmi Fortress.
He can't even sleep without that spear. Can't you give him a break?
These are people I wanted to meet. Make sure the area is secure.
Episode 19.
I have heard that you contributed greatly to His Majesty's victories in battle.
- Your name was Sujini? - I came to ask you something.
The Symbol of the Phoenix that used to be in your possession...
It was stolen from the Hae family of Baekje, right?
The Hae family of Baekje?
It was where the light of the Phoenix shone on the night of the Joo Shin star.
Someone killed the entire family and stole the Symbol of the Phoenix from them.
That was the work of your Hwachun, right?
Sa Ryang.
Was the Symbol of the Phoenix taken from the Hae family of Baekje?
Yes, it was.
Why is the answer so important to you?
It's important.
Because I'm supposed to be their daughter!
So the people who killed my parents and burnt my house down...
It was your organization.
- Parents... house... - And you killed the king and the Oracle!
And now you've become the Oracle and are standing here in this place.
The Oracle cannot be judged by men.
I know. Even the king can't judge you!
But what shall we do? I care nothing about your crimes.
What I want is payment for my parents' death!
Kiha...
What did you do?
Put it out! I said put it out!
I can start fire, but I cannot put it out.
Stop. Please do not hurt my child.
Stop!
Kiha. She is your sister and you are her older sister.
As her older sister, you must protect her no matter what.
You can do it, right?
Mommy...
Sa Ryang...
Sa Ryang!
She...
is my sister, isn't she?
Gooknae Palace.
- Have you all reunited with your families? - Yes, Your Majesty!
- General. - Yes, Your Majesty!
- Your wife is expecting? - When I came back, she had already had it.
It is a daughter.
- Oh, isn't General Woosub's baby two years old now? - Yes, Your Majesty. Mine is a boy.
- Why don't your two families combine your destinies? - His daughter will have his face!
- You're cruel, Your Majesty! - What? You...!
Whether it's daughter or son, neither of you should be criticizing the other's looks!
Your Majesty, when are we leaving for Khitan?
We will leave as soon as possible.
Your Majesty! I think we have to gather more troops.
And when the new soldiers come in, we have to get them trained.
And we have to rush to Lord Ho Gae's location. We cannot be blocked by Khitan's forces.
I agree. Because Ho Gae massacred so many, the Khitans will be waiting for revenge!
The army will have to be made up of only Iron Horse Warriors.
There will be no more additions to the army.
But I am planning on taking a few hundred porters.
I need men to transport some goods.
Generals.
Go and tell the men this. We are not going to Khitan to fight.
It is our goal to avoid fighting until the last possible moment.
Whoever starts a fight or battle without a justifiable cause...
will be executed immediately. Remind them of this over and over again.
Your Majesty!
Are we only going to Khitan to be porters of goods for Ho Gae?
No. We are going to Khitan to give presents to those who are going to be our brothers.
We do not have the time to add to our forces and train them.
We have already mobilized more than 40,000 men.
If we take more men, the women and the elderly will have to farm and hunt.
When we begin to gather goods from our nation's nobility and the merchants,
supplies will be limited and prices will skyrocket. Then the people will suffer.
We don't have time. We must leave immediately and return with the goods we need.
This is a gamble.
His Majesty is gathering supplies for his mission.
Please contribute to the greatest of your ability.
Forgive me for asking this, but what about the payment for our supplies?
The nation will not be giving you any payment.
Then... you want us to give it for free?
His Majesty has stated that he will give out trading rights to salt according to your contributions.
Salt? Did he say salt?
- Salt? - To the northwest of Khitan...
after you have crossed a mountain, you may have heard about a land of salt.
It is said that it is as expansive as the sea.
We are going to take salt from that place and distribute it all over to the other countries.
His Majesty's offer is too tempting!
The merchant clans as well as the noble families are excited.
What will you do, Chancellor?
Don't we have to at least pretend to give up some supplies?
We shouldn't fall out of His Majesty's favor!
Prepare the fastest horse and messenger.
A message for Lord Ho Gae?
The mother of my son said this before she died.
Beware of the one with the wisdom of a snake.
Chancellor!
I never knew what that meant.
My wife was dying, but I didn't listen carefully enough to her words.
Are you alright?
To him, Goguryeo is just a tiny piece of the puzzle.
It is too small for his ambitions.
Are you speaking of His Majesty?
Just like he has obtained the Symbol of the Blue Dragon, he has also set his sights on more land...
There is no end to the amount of land he wants.
He will do whatever he needs to get that land.
His goal is not just to destroy my son.
He is going to give up 40,000 of Goguryeo's men as bait.
I didn't know him well enough.
I underestimated him. I must deliver this to Ho Gae.
We must not fall into his trap.
Never!
Will you permit me to help you up?
We have been having continuous meetings. Unless you rest, the others will not be able to do so.
Oh! That hurts!
That's enough for today. I will see you tomorrow morning.
- Oh, I'm bleeding. - You're bleeding?
- I'm not bleeding! - But you are...!
What is it?
It will be difficult. It burned through his armor and into his chest.
I don't know what kind of fire it was, but it has burned completely through him.
So, you don't remember?
- I remember what I did. - Then?
I couldn't control myself.
But regardless of what I wanted to do, I got angry, blocked the fire and struck a person.
I attacked to kill...
It's like this, right?
When the guardian of the Phoenix loses her mind... It's like this, isn't it?
So then what does this mean?
That means I'm the guardian of the Phoenix.
This is insane!
- So... - Can I give it back?
- Can I say I don't want it? - Sujini...
Let's try it again. Let's try it like last time.
Try to lose your mind in front of me and get angry.
Let me see it!
You said that the legend tells of how the woman lost her mind and tried to kill Lord Hwanwoong.
I don't know! It's an old tale!
So I don't know when I'm going to lose my mind again.
I won't know why I will burn up the world again, and why...
why I will be killed by the king, right?
No one knows. So try it again.
Then I can tell you what I think.
For the last time...
- Let me see him for the last time. - Who?
Our you-know-who.
Just one more time.
Once should be alright.
I can't let you be the one to kill me.
If you are the one who kills me, you'll cry for the rest of your life.
You fed me and changed my diaper when I was a baby.
Everything I know, I learned from you.
I can't repay kindness with sorrow.
Master...
I think...
I won't be able to repay my debt to you.
Give me a break, will you?!
That girl...!
Lady Kiha, not now. Perhaps when day breaks...?
Lady Kiha!
You have come.
On the night of the Joo Shin star,
that house by the sea of Baekje with the light of the Phoenix...
Will you give me more time?
The one who ordered the murder of that family and the burning of their house...
Was it you?
The five-year-old girl found in the charred remains of the house...
Was it you that erased her memory and used her as a slave until now?
So you have regained the memories I so painstakingly erased from you, Lady Kiha.
You were the one who killed my parents?
And now... you almost made me kill my own sister?
- Did you say sister? - Yes, my sister.
The sister that my mother entrusted to me before you killed her!
You who know everything... Did you not know of this?
Then you must not have known that you will die by my hands today.
I asked you for more time because I did not want to shock you.
What are you?
I am the elder of the fire tribe from when the power of fire was stolen from us.
I am also a pitiful man who reclaimed his body with the power of the red orb.
You are also the man who murdered my parents and used me as your slave!
You have regained your memory from twenty years ago,
but have you not yet regained your memory from two thousand years ago?
Who cares about those memories?
First, I will take revenge for my parents...
and then I'll think of something.
I told you already.
Two thousand years ago, I stole the power of fire.
You cannot kill with fire one who lives by fire.
Do you know how long I have lived without the peace of death?
The days were so long and everlasting that I once tried to stab my own heart.
All I had done was steal a little piece of the power of fire.
But this was my punishment.
Lady Kiha... Kajin!
Remember this. You were once a priestess of fire!
Did you really use the power of fire?
Although we cannot be certain, we also cannot wait until it is certain.
According to legend, when the Phoenix is born, we are to take only the symbol...
and kill the guardian for the peace of the world.
Have you heard this before?
Who will help this child on her final journey?
Hyun Jang...
- Hyun Am... - I'll do it.
I've always been the one who did the dirty work in Guh Mool Village.
But I'm really worried.
What will all of you do without me?
Well...
Can I make a final request?
Please save the Overlord of Gwanmi Fortress who was injured while trying to rescue me.
I feel bad I have to leave him behind.
The Phoenix is the mother of the earth.
It is said that she could not bear to see anyone in pain or hunger.
Alright. We will do everything in our power.
Uncle...
Can I do it?
What's this?
- What? - What is that you're wearing?
Hey, where are you going now?
Do it properly this time. Don't leave it crooked like last time.
Where have you been? I was worried you weren't around.
Has something happened in Guh Mool Village? All the teachers left last night in a hurry.
What is it?
- What? - It's weird when you're quiet.
Did you get in trouble again?
Wait.
Wait just a moment. I need to think.
Are you... crying?
Silly girl, you can't grab a king from behind!
Let me see your face.
I must still be drunk.
They told me this wine would make you cry, and it must be true.
I...
I came to return this to you.
You lent this to me, but you never asked for it, so I had it with me.
I was careful to not break it when I was fighting.
It's in perfect condition, right?
I... I always wanted to hear someone say this.
That I'm a little pretty...
That's why I wore this. I thought I might look pretty in it.
Because I wanted to be remembered like this...
How embarrassing! I'll be going now.
Remembered like what? Say it properly.
How can a drunk person speak properly?
You've always been pretty.
Regardless of these clothes, you've always been pretty.
Happy?
You can't take it back later, alright?
I can't say something like this again.
I'll be on my way now.
Let me go.
Go and sleep that wine off. We have training tomorrow.
- All the men will be waiting for you. - Alright.
Your Majesty...
Your back smells really nice.
You didn't know that, did you?
You... look funny.
Lord Ho Gae's Encampment at Salt fields of Khitan.
Gooknae Castle? All the noble families there have already gone over to the king's side.
What do you mean? They were on our side before we left!
They all said that Lord Ho Gae was going to be the king!
That was then. I'm a mercenary, so I don't know for sure.
But Lord Yon is finished. You men should all be careful!
- What? - Didn't you hear?
- His Majesty ordered Ho Gae to return. - I know, but...
If he doesn't return, Ho Gae will be considered an insurgent. Didn't you hear this?
Insurgent?
- You're from Gooknae Castle, right? - I'm really busy.
Don't be like that! Talk to us. If we're insurgents, then what happens?
Are you asking me about your nation's laws?
Traitors who have betrayed their own nation for another will be burnt by fire,
their heads will be cut off, and their families sent as slaves...!
If you betray the king, you betray the nation! Don't you know that?
Chief! I think we've done all we can here.
We've spread the rumors and scared the soldiers.
I think we're about ready to go back.
Did you find out?
Find out what?
No one knows! Ho Gae took only his special corps and not even his generals know where he is.
So how do I find out anything?
Chief!
Khitan Khitai Blacksmith Village.
Invaders!
Bul Dol (Guardian of the White Tiger)
Father!
Are they after this thing?
He's... he's not here.
He's not here. He has either died or left this place.
In any case, he's not here.
That man is Bul Dol?
I have come for the White Tiger's symbol.
They say you have it.
We have come a long way and made many sacrifices to come here.
Will you surrender it to me?
Are you... the guardian?
Only the guardian can take it.
That...
is what legend says.
Only the guardian can possess it.
Older Brother, it is me, Bason.
I know.
I knew you from the start.
Have you been well all this time?
Are you married? Do you have children?
Where is it? Let's give it to them.
- Did you bring them here? - Those men will kill you.
- They're really going to kill you! - Did you bring him because he's the guardian?
Or... is he the Joo Shin king?
Just give it to them! Give it to them!
When the real... guardian... comes... they said... I would be able to recognize...
Until then... I can't...
That's what Father told us!
I'll.. I'll find it myself! I'll find it, so please stop...!
If you give me more time, I'll find it! Please give me more time!
Please bear it for a little bit! Please bear with it!
Where are you, Symbol? Please help my brother!
Am I really not it?
In your eyes, am I really not the one?
You don't have any feelings? None at all?
Are you from the same group that killed our father?
They were like you... They tried to take it by force...
Our father gave his life...
to protect it to the end...
And I... am my father's son...
Older Brother! Brother!
Older Brother! Older Brother!
The Symbol of the White Tiger.
The Symbol of the Blue Dragon.
Alright, get out of here! Now who'll fight me?
So the symbol had an effect?
There was no improvement from the medicine.
So we thought perhaps the symbol would heal its chosen guardian.
- We were fortunate that it worked. - How fast is he healing?
We're leaving tomorrow and I had hoped the Overlord of Gwanmi Fortress could come with us.
Yes. And the supplies we collected were 50% more than what we expected.
Everyone's greed for salt is great.
- Why haven't I see that kid anywhere? - That kid?
It's been a while since I've seen Sujini.
Oh, Sujini...
- Is she avoiding me? - It'll... be a while.
- It'll be a while...? - I sent her far away... for an errand.
It was a very important errand for Guh Mool Village.
Please understand that I cannot divulge the details to you.
So... she's... a bit far away.
The place she went to...
So... it'll be a while...
before you see her again.
What will it take for you to tell me what you are now hiding from me?
Sujini has left... to turn her back on the world.
It was a decision she made... while smiling,
so please understand...
Your Majesty...
Guh Mool Village.
- Where is Sujini? - She is not here, Your Majesty!
What is this nonsense you are saying?!
It was the last command of the late elder and the Guh Mool people's mission!
How can you say you have to kill her because she might be the guardian of the Phoenix?
Not just the Phoenix, but the Black Phoenix!
Then that woman... that woman who says she is the guardian. Why have you not killed her?
We did not find any evidence that she was the Black Phoenix!
First, she must have the power of fire. Second, she will not be able to control it.
And third, the emblem of the Phoenix will be revealed on her body...
So...
So because Sujini lost her mind and used the power of fire,
she must be killed.
By you, men who call themselves her teachers!
She has already shown the emblem of the Phoenix.
When she was very young, I saw it with my own eyes.
Where is she?
- We don't know. - Why don't you?!
You want her to die, but you don't know where she is?
She left by herself. We did not ask where she was going.
Your Majesty, you are leaving for Khitan tomorrow.
You said yourself that we had to leave as soon as possible for the nation and our people.
Our men will already have reached Ho Gae's encampment and carried out their mission.
You ordered this mission yourself.
You told them specifically that this had to be carried out as soon as possible.
You cannot stop because of a girl because you are the king!
I'll go.
Look first at the gambling dens and wine houses.
I'm certain she'll be hanging around those places.
She would not be able to turn her back on the world for even one day.
- She might be drunk even now... - I will find her.
No matter where she is.
Can I ask you something?
Your Gwanmi Fortress has become mine. Can I also assume that you are also mine?
Why does the Joo Shin king ask such things?
This seal represents me. If you show this anywhere within the territory of Goguryeo, you will have help.
Find her and bring her back.
Lord Ho Gae's Encampment at Salt fields of Khitan.
Have you returned unharmed? We have much to report to you.
Main Translator: MrsKorea.
Timers: MrsKorea, victory Editor/QC: Greenwing.
The land in which we, the Baedal people, live... That is Joo Shin.
Would it be too much for me to ask you to turn your back on him and be by my side?
He says his plan is to give up our soldiers.
This is our king!
We were attacked by Khitan!
Prepare forces in five waves.
We will soon possess the power of Heaven.
Did you give poison to him and ask him to commit suicide?
To my father!
General, prepare to move.
We will leave before sunrise and shorten the distance between us and Ho Gae.
Now?